Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Hark the glad sound the Savior comes
Topic: Christ/His Nativity
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: L Mason
Meter: CM double
Tune: Wayne
Hymn Number: 74
Page Number: 030, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHark, the glad sound! the Savior comes!
The Savior promised long!
Let every heart prepare a throne,
And every voice a song.
He comes, the prisoner to release
In Satan's bondage held;
The gates of brass before him burst,
The iron fetters yield.
He comes, from thickest films of vice
To clear the mental ray,
And on the eyeballs of the blind
To pour celestial day.
He comes, the broken heart to bind,
The bleeding soul to cure,
And with the treasures of his grace
To enrich the humble poor.